Justice served

Justice served

"This is the time when you find out who your friends are in the fourth quarter, those who stand by you," Jerry Sandusky said in court, CNN's Jason Carroll reported.

No, Jerry, this is the time when you find out how many of us stand against you and everything that you stand for.

The only conspiracy that took place at Penn State, related to Sandusky, is the one that hid his deplorable actions and allowed more children to be victimized. Sandusky and his co-conspirators were, are, and always will be self-serving, egotistical, manipulative liars. None of them hesitated to turn a blind eye to the children who were being "educated" in their locker rooms about the proper way to "soap themselves up." The analogy made by Sandusky is actually so appropriate because it really was about football and image and protecting the boys club.

Due process was served. Sandusky had his day in court. For the first time, the system properly balanced the rights of the defendant with those of his victims. Both were given a speedy trial. And for once, the victims were protected from being abused by the system, which surely would have resulted if the discovery process was dragged out.

The truth doesn't need extra time. Spinning a web of lies does - that's all the defense was looking for during the trial and that's what it's hoping for in an appeal.

NOELLE A. CONNOR, ESQ.

Adjunct professor,

Rowan University

Founder/director,

Free to Flourish

Mullica Hill

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Justice served

Justice served'This is the time when you find out who your friends are in the fourth quarter, those who stand by you,' Jerry Sandusky said in court, CNN's Jason Carroll reported.No, Jerry, this is